Thanks for the info, Ivan. I've heard good feedback on the Dell 2-node setup.

The way Cisco approaches these smaller SMB customers (or larger customers with multiple branch sites) is with HyperFlex Edge (check out our data sheet for HX Edge). This is actually a 3-node ESX-based cluster, because the HX file system uses a replication factor of 3. RF3 means there are both a secondary and a tertiary copy of each block of data, so three in total and they're all evenly striped across the cluster for a higher level of redundancy than what you typically see with RF2.

Lastly, HX Edge customers can remotely manage all of their HX clusters (and traditional UCS nodes) through a singlepoint, Cisco Intersight, which is cloud-based and analogous to our SaaS-delivered Meraki dashboard.